Update: IT’S FINISHED!!! – April 1, 2020

NO, this is NOT an April Fool’s joke, my part of the game is FINISHED and it has been sent to the programmer (Epadder) and the editor (Sierra3)!!

It took a bit longer to complete due to everything that has been going on around here… Michigan is in a total lock-down… no one but essential personnel, with work passes and identification are allowed to be on streets, except to get groceries from the store… anyone violating that are issued a ticket that will cost them $1,000.00 or more.

Fortunately, the wife is considered ‘ESSENTIAL’ (working as an accountant for a medical insurance group) but, thankfully, her place of business has her working from home… which meant me taking a bit of time, last week, getting staples, supplies and food for the house before lock-down went into effect on Tuesday and setting her computer system up for her to work from home… installing special software, hooking up dual monitors, getting the right cords for everything… a real clusterf*ck… but, she is up and working now.

Currently, here in Michigan there are over 7,615 cases of Covid-19 (at an increase of around 1,000 new cases a day) and 259 deaths… regretfully, one of those current cases happens to be my sister-in-law who tested positive for the virus and we got the news about it on Saturday, March 21st around 5pm in the evening… so, needless to say, it was very stressful news to receive, particularly since she had attended family dinner the Sunday before she got the news and the wife was present there, while her sister (unknowingly) had the virus.

So far, the wife and I, along with other members of her family do not show any of the symptoms of the virus and seemed to have dodged a bullet! My sister-in-law is doing as well as she can be, right now, she has been using a nebulizer and taking her meds... and though she hasn't shown signs of improvement yet, she isn't worse and hasn't needed to go to a hospital to be put on a ventilator, so that is good... and her kids are doing well and don't seem to be infected either.  

The doctor told her that she likely was exposed to the virus sometime during the week while they were shutting the school (she’s a teacher) down… so, it has been a very stressful and quite distracting time and, with all of the madness going on (people freaking out and hoarding toilet paper and supplies), I was a bit distracted from my work and finishing up the game.

BUT… IT IS DONE NOW!!! AND IN THE HANDS OF THE PROGRAMMER, EDITOR AND WILL SOON BE IN THE HANDS OF THE TESTERS AND THEN OUT TO YOU!!

Additionally, since the wife is working and using my 19 inch monitor as one of her dual ones, I am now using a 40 inch Smart Television as my monitor and HOLY MOLEY… I can see EVERY little mistake now in my artwork and also spent a BIT OF TIME going through and fixing them, also taking a bit more time than planned, but want this REMASTER to be as PERFECT as possible for all of you and for your patience!!

As for myself, I will be taking a day or two off, to collect myself and wait to fix anything that I need to fix on my end, then I am going to jump back into and complete “Chapter Two” to the Prologue of “Adventures of a Changed Boy”… now that the software and stat system is done so that your choices in “Wicked Choices: Book One” will carry over to the NEW GAME without problems, I can now work on that in earnest! 

One LAST NOTE before I let you go… SAVES from the OLD “Wicked Choices: Book One” will NOT work with the REMASTER!! You’ll see that things have REALLY CHANGED for that game, even from a programming perspective, so… as a result… you WILL NEED to START A NEW GAME!!

Sorry, but it had to be done this way and once you see the new software and system, you’ll understand why and will have LOTS to go through and do… and you will see why it has taken us so long to accomplish what we have!!

It really IS like an entirely NEW GAME… while the old story is still there, there are a TON of new features, things to check out and a novel’s worth of content and artwork… we are quite pleased with it.

Last, but not least, we want to thank EVERYONE for sticking around, believing in us, staying patient and supporting us through this, particularly now… during a time of global uncertainty… we couldn’t have done this WITHOUT YOUR SUPPORT! So, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

So… plan for the release to come out very, very soon… it is likely going to take 3-5 days for it to be assembled into the proper paths and have the testers go through it, but I CAN NOT WAIT till you’ve all gotten to play it and hear your thoughts on it… this has TRULY been a ‘LABOR OF LOVE’ and want to hear what you think of our new baby!

Till next we talk, please remain safe… obey safety guidelines, protect yourselves and know that each and every one of you and your families are in our thoughts and prayers!!

With much love,

~Jack, the Wife, Epadder and Sierra3